Design Sleuth: Silver-Tipped Lightbulbs in a Copenhagen Kitchen

Photograph courtesy of Reform

Leave it to Copenhagen It couple Frederik Bille Brahe (chef) and Caroline Brasch Nielsen (model/designer) to remind us how a simple silver-tipped lightbulb can transform an otherwise ho-hum fixture into a design detail worth emulating. But where to source such a silvery bulb?

In Frederik and Caroline’s kitchen, chrome-tipped lighbulbs are paired with simple white sconces (and some creative work with the electrical cord).

Photograph courtesy of Reform

W’ve previously admired silver bulbs in the French home of French stylist and costumier Céline Sathal...

Photography by Eefje de Coninck  for Remodelista

...And small chrome bulbs replaced regular white ones in Sarah Lonsdale’s own California bath.

Photograph by Matthew Williams  for Remodelista

The oversized G40 Silver Tip Bulb from Schoolhouse, is $16 for the 60-watt version; less expensive options are available from Nostalgic Bulbs, Lights.com, and Home Depot.